1952 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators 1952 Washington Senators Primary Logo (1948 to 1952).svg American League Griffith Stadium Washington, D.C. 78 76 y 5th Clark Griffith (majority owner) Bucky Harris WTTG(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff) WWDC (FM)(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff) List of Minnesota Twins seasons The 1952 Washington Senators won 78 games, lost 76, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium. Regular season Season standings Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WSH Roster 1952 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers 30 Sandy Consuegra 21 Tom Ferrick  4 Mike Fornieles 15 Harley Grossman 33 Randy Gumpert 17 Mickey Harris 18 Joe Haynes 20 Sid Hudson 24 Don Johnson 22 Connie Marrero 20 Walt Masterson 23 Julio Moreno 12 Bobo Newsom 19 Bob Porterfield 5,33 Raúl Sánchez 17 Spec Shea 34 Lou Sleater 34 Bunky Stewart Catchers  9 George Bradshaw 11 Mickey Grasso  9 Hal Keller 10 Clyde Kluttz Infielders  4 Floyd Baker 28 Mel Hoderlein  7 Fred Marsh  7 Cass Michaels 35 Pete Runnels 27 Jerry Snyder 34 Fred Taylor  4 Tom Upton  3 Mickey Vernon  1 Eddie Yost Outfielders 14 Jim Busby 25 Frank Campos  2 Gil Coan  8 Jackie Jensen 14 Sam Mele  8 Irv Noren  7 Earl Rapp 15 Buck Varner 26 Archie Wilson 26 Ken Wood Other batters  5 Sherry Robertson Manager 50 Bucky Harris Coaches 54 Nick Altrock 52 Joe Fitzgerald 51 Clyde Milan 53 George Myatt Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Mickey Grasso 115 361 78 .216 0 27 1B Mickey Vernon 154 569 143 .251 10 80 2B Floyd Baker 79 263 69 .262 0 33 SS Pete Runnels 152 555 158 .285 1 64 3B Eddie Yost 157 587 137 .233 12 49 OF Jim Busby 129 512 125 .244 2 47 OF Jackie Jensen 144 570 163 .286 10 80 OF Gil Coan 107 332 68 .205 5 20 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Ken Wood Ken Wood (baseball) 61 210 50 .238 6 32 Mel Hoderlein 72 208 56 .269 0 17 Clyde Kluttz 58 144 33 .229 1 11 Frank Campos 53 112 29 .259 0 8 Archie Wilson 26 96 20 .208 0 14 Cass Michaels 22 86 20 .233 1 7 Earl Rapp 46 67 19 .284 0 9 Jerry Snyder 36 57 9 .158 0 2 Irv Noren 12 49 12 .245 0 2 Sam Mele 9 28 12 .429 2 10 Fred Marsh 9 24 1 .042 0 1 George Bradshaw 10 23 5 .217 0 6 Hal Keller 11 23 4 .174 0 0 Fred Taylor Fred Taylor (basketball, born 1924) 10 19 5 .263 0 4 Tom Upton 5 5 0 .000 0 0 Buck Varner 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Sherry Robertson 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Bob Porterfield 31 231.1 13 14 2.72 80 Connie Marrero 22 184.1 11 8 2.88 77 Spec Shea 22 169.0 11 7 2.93 65 Walt Masterson 24 160.2 9 8 3.70 89 Julio Moreno 26 147.1 9 9 3.97 62 Sid Hudson 7 62.2 3 4 2.73 24 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Randy Gumpert 20 104.0 4 9 4.24 29 Don Johnson 29 69.0 0 5 4.43 37 Lou Sleater 14 57.0 4 2 3.63 22 Mike Fornieles 4 26.1 2 2 1.37 12 Raúl Sánchez Raúl Sánchez (baseball) 3 12.2 1 1 3.55 6 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Sandy Consuegra 30 6 0 5 3.05 19 Tom Ferrick Tom Ferrick (baseball) 27 4 3 1 3.02 28 Joe Haynes 22 0 3 3 4.50 18 Bobo Newsom 10 1 1 2 4.97 5 Mickey Harris 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 Bunky Stewart 1 0 0 0 18.00 1 Harley Grossman 1 0 0 0 54.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Cal Ermer B Danville Leafs Carolina League Morrie Aderholt B Havana Cubanos Florida International League Mike Guerra B Charlotte Hornets Tri-State League Ivan Kuester C Drummondville Cubs Provincial League Herb Crompton D Roanoke Rapids Jays Coastal Plain League Pete Appleton D Orlando Senators Florida State League Ed Levy D Fulton Lookouts KITTY League Sam Lamitina LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte External links 1952 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1952 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) seasons Washington Senators season Washing